New England Patriots rookie cornerback Christian Gonzalez has been awarded NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month honors, following an incredible three-game stretch to start the season.
Being thrown into the deep end of the pool before learning to swim isn’t even a good enough comparison to describe the start to Gonzalez’s rookie season. A better comparison would be getting dumped off in the middle of an ocean full of sharks.
Buy Patriots TicketsGonzalez was forced to learn on the job with one-on-one matchups against the likes of Tyreek Hill, A.J. Brown, Garrett Wilson, DeVonta Smith and Jaylen Waddle right out of the gates.
And so far, he has won a high percentage of those matchups.
Hill came out after the Dolphins game and praised the rookie cornerback after their first head-to-head meeting.
“I was able to go against their rookie. He’s real good,” Hill said on an episode of the “It Needed To Be Said” podcast, via the Vocal Podcast Network. “Very lengthy corner, had some real good technique and speed about him. So they’ve got some real good pieces over there in New England, man. So shout out to New England.”
It’s scary to think Gonzalez is just getting started with no knowledge of how high the ceiling could go.
